The Pastor's Pondering

 

One of our alert members shared with me a list entitled “What God Wants You To Remember” and suggested that I make it more widely known.  Good idea!  My suggestion is to read this list slowly, ponder each phrase, and then consider a moment in your life when you have needed this knowledge.  Then, simply thank God!
P.S.  The hints in parentheses are just thrown in to push the thought buggy.

  God is for you.  (Have you ever felt that the whole world
    was against you?)

God loves you.   (see above)

God will guide you.  (That first step is a hard one: better to
have Someone else walk with you.)

God will not fail you.   (Lifetime guarantee!)

God will be with you.   (That Lonesome Valley is not a
    fun place to be.)

God will provide for you.   (Tired of carrying the burden alone?)

God will bless you.    (And you don’t have to earn it!)

God will s

God will give you rest.   (Life’s burdens are heavy:  take a
     Break, and rest with assurance)

trengthen you.   (Life’s equation:  two is better than one)

God will answer you.   (Direct dial, person to person, never put on hold)

God will uphold you.   (Ah, those “everlasting arms” about which that
   old hymn reminds us) 
God will keep you. (never misplaced, never lost;  always close at hand)

I could have offered you a scripture text for each one of those statements, but they are so often repeated that they are easy to find for yourself.  Look in the Psalms and you’ll find that people have been reflecting on them for lo, these many years.  They’ll mean more if you have to search them out.  

Shalom and peace.
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